Hat-ventilator.



PATENTED NOV. 5, 1907.

A. L. ELIEL.

HAT VENTILATOR.

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PATENT oEEIoE.

ALBERT L. ELIEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAT-VENTILATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 5, 1907.

Application filed December 13, 1906, Serial No. 347,614.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ALBERT L. ELIEL, a citizen of the United States,residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hat-Ventilators, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a ventilating device for hatswhich will be simple and cheap in construction, can readily be appliedto the hat without skill or the use of tools, will not injure the hatwhen applied and will be capable of regulating the amount of air whichwill be admitted.

In the drawing, Figure l is an elevation of a hat with my ventilatorapplied thereto; Fig. 2 is a view from the inner side of the hat showingthe way of securing the ventilator in place; Fig. 3 is a section on line3, 3 Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the inner side of theventilating device prior to its attachment.

The ventilating device consists of a thin disk 5, preferably of metal,having its edge 6, projecting outwardly from the face of the disk,leaving a depressed face for receiving and protecting the damper aboutto be de scribed. Through the face of the disk on opposite sides of itscenter are formed two circular holes 7, 8, and pivoted to the center ofthe disk between these holes is a thin dumbbell shaped damper 9 which issecured to the disk by a rivet 10 upon which the damper turns. Thisdamper may be readily turned so as to cover the openings 7. 8 to anydesired extent, the rivet 10 holding the damper in frictional engagementwith the depressed face of the disk so that the damper will remain inany position to which it is turned. The damper is made of such thinmaterial that it does not project beyond the raised edge 6 so that it isprotected by such edge from injury or displacement. The disk 5 hasprojecting from its back a number of pins 11 of small diameter and madeof soft, readily pliable metal. In securing the ventilating device tothe hat these pins 11 are forced through the body of the hat from theoutside. which can be readily done by pressure without injuring the hatfabric. The pins are then bent outwardly on the inside of the hat asshown in Fig. 2, securing the disk firmly in place. By means of a sharppenknife holes are then cut through the hat body in line with the holes7, 8 of the ventilating device. The ventilating device can be attachedto the hat body at any suitable point and one or a number of thesedevices can be attached to a single hat according to the amount ofventilation the wearer desires. The damper 9 allows the ventilation tobe regulated to suit conditions of temperature, wind etc.

\Vhat I claim is:

As a new article of manufacture, a hat ventilator, adapted to be securedto the outer surface of a hat body, comprising a disk having a depressedouter face, ventilating openings through said face, an exposed thindamper pivoted on the depresscdface of the disk and protected by theprojecting edge of the disk and pliable pins projecting from the back ofthe disk for securing the disk upon the hat body, substantially as setforth.

This specification signed and witnessed this twelfth day of December,1906.

ALBERT L. ELIEL.

Witnesses JNO. ROBT. TAYLOR, JOHN L. LoTscH.

